Combined cigar-box and humidor.



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LEOPOLD BRENAUER, OF NEW YORK, Y.

COMBINED CIGAR-BOX AND HUMIDOR.

Application filed ,February 1, 1913.

To all wlw/m. it may concer/t Be it known that I, Leoronn Bernauer., a citizen of the United States, and residing at the cit@Y of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved :Combined Cigar-Box and Humidor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention is gmore particularly intended itor embodiment in cigar boxes, al-

though ,capable of use tor other vendible' goods or materials requiring to be kept in a properly moist; condition.

the object oi? my invention is to provide an original package in which the cigars or Iother goods may be vended, and having a selig-contained hu'rnidor, including a removable element having an absorbent material.

iin the ease oi cigars it is well known that they are liable to deteriorate in the absence of moisture, and in 4any event, the general preference of smokers is tor a moist cigar. As put up in the 'ordinary cigar box without any provision for furnishing the proper degrce of moisture, the cigars dry out after leaving the hands of the manufacturer and before being vended. Y

It is a design of my invention to provide a combined h-umidor and merchandise box that will involve a minimum cost to manufacture, and in. which the humidor elements will occupy a minimum space.

It is a vturther design of my invention .to provide a humidor attachment for cigar boxes so arranged that the combined article will conform in all respects to the requirements of the revenue laws.

It a further design of my invention to provide a box with a humidor attachment ot' a character that will permit oi a box of cigars being carried in a handbag or trunk without danger of excess of water dripping' from the humidor.

The distinguishing features of the inven tion, and the important structural elements characterizing the preferred embodiment which is illustrated as an example, will be more partir-ularly explained in the specific description hereinafter to be given.

Referencel is to be ha'd to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar' characters of reference indicate. corresponding parts in all thev Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patenten Dee. 23,' 1.913.

Serial No. 745,627.

bined cigar box and humidor embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a fragn'lcntary trans-- verse vertical section on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a false bottom constituting a part of'my invention; Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the slide provided with absorbent material to be removably fitted to :the false bottoni; and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary longitudinal vertical section.

The box 10 which is illustrated, has the form of an'ordinary cigar box', having a cover 11 adapted when closed, to lie iiush with the upper `edges 12 of the ends of the box, so that the cover maybe sealed 'by the usual strip 13, and receive revenue stamps in the usual manner. A false bottom 14 is provided in the box 10, above the ordinary bottom 10, and is perforated as at 15, or Otherwise made foraminous. At the ends of the false bottom upwardly projecting iianges 16 are produced, to lie against the ends of the box, at the interior, and prevent movement and rattling, and on the under side of the false bottom, along the sides thereof, are longitudinally ranging depending flanges 18, which are formed with 1ongitudinal ribs or beads 19 on the interior. The false bottom 14 is sustained at a height above the main bottom 10 to provide a chamber therebeneath, and a slide 20 is removably fitted in the said chamber and adapted to have guided movement beneath thebeads 19 and to fit snugly so as not to shift and rattle. The construction maintains the slide 20 below the false bottom 14 so that there is an intervening space. The slide Q0 is so formed, or provided with such means as will cause it to absorb moisture; for the purpose I have shown a separate layer 21, which may be formed oi asbestos, blotting paper, or other absorbent material.

One end 1T of the box 10 is formed at the `lower edge thereot' with a transverse opening QQ through which the slide 20 may be iuserted and withdrawn. The said opening is adapted to be closed by a closure strip 523 which terms a part ot the end 17 when in position` and lies flush with said end` or substantially so. The closure strip 23 is hingedly secured as by a strip Q4, ot cheese cloth or like material employed in analogous situations, such as for liingig the lid 1l, and said material forming the hinge is integral with a strip Q5, which is applied around the box 10, .at the lower angles.

In practice it is designed that the strip .hinge 24, leavin a clear opening 22 for the withdrawal of t e slide 20. It will thus be seen that the slide may be taken out and dipped in water, the surplus water shaken olland the slide replaced. The position of the slide prevents direct contact of the nioistened surface with the cigars o-r other goods above the false bottom, and yet maintains a proper degree of moisture. If at any time the goods be considered as having more than suiiicient moisture, the slide ma removed and the closure 23 left open, and if the'lid ll be then raised, there will be a circulation of air to partially dry out the goods.

Vhile the box is more especially intended for vending cigars, and is especially ada'pted therefor, manufactured tobacco in any form may be cont-ained therein, such as cli-eroots, smoking or chewing tobacco. The box may be adapted to contain any other goods requiring moisture. A

The described constructi'on'atiords a practical means for carrying my invention into effect in simple form, and I would state in conclusion that I do not limit myself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since manifestly the same can be considerably varied without departing from the spirit of the invention. A

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A combined humidor and box in which cigars or other merchandise may be vended in an original package, a foraminous false bottom in said box, above the bottom thereof, and formed with upwardly extending end flanges bearing against the ends of the box, at the interior, and with longitudinal,

depending side llaiiges on the under sidev sustaining said false bottom above the box bottom, to form an intermediate chamber, the said depending flanges having interior beads between the tops and bottoms of the flanges, an absorbent slide removably ttingin the said chamber, below thementioiied beads, an end of the said box presenting a transverse opening in line with the mentioned chamber through which the slide may be entered and withdrawn, the end of the box having the opening affording a barrier against the withdrawal of the false bottom, and a hinged member forming a removable closure fitting the mentioned opening and lying, when in the closed position, substantially in the plane 'of the end of the box, to receive a sealing strip.

2. Acoinbined merchandise box andhuinidor, having an opening in a walltheref near the bottom,l an absorbent slide fitting the box at the bottom thereof, and movable through said opening-for the insertion and removal of the slide, and a foraminous false bottom in the box' above the opening, the said [false bottom having y upwardly extending flanges on oppo-site edges at the ripper side bearing against the inner surface of the box above the opening and slide, and downwardly projecting flanges at the remaining sides, the latter flanges sustaining the false bottom and spaced to accommodate the slide therebetween. i

3. A combined humidor and box in which cigars and other merchandise may be vended as an original package, aI foraminous false bottom in said box, above the bottom thereof, said false bottom being formed with end flanges bearing against the ends of the box, at the inside thereof, and with longitudinal depending side flanges on the under side resting on the box bottom and sustaining the said false bottom above the said box bottoni, to form an intermediate chamber, an absorbent slide removably iitting in said chambei', an end of the said box presenting a transverse opening in line' with the mentioned chamber through which the slide may be entered and withdrawn, and a hinged member forminga removable closure fitting the mentioned opening and lying when in the closed position substantially in the plane of the end of the box, to receive a sealing strip.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

LEOPOLD BRENAUER.

Witnesses:

P. D. RoLLHAUs, JOHN P. Davis.

Gopieaot this patent maybe obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents,

' Washington, D. C. 

